Advertising device.



P. M. ULME'R.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 11017.10, 1911.

1,052,533. Patented Feb.11,1913.

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FRANK M. ULIVIER, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

i ADVERTISING DEVICE.

To all whom t may concer/a Be it known that I, FRANK M. ULMER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham andState of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Advertising Device, o-fwhich the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject-matter of this application, is anadvertising structure which, in addition to its display functions, willafford a support for a spool of thread or the like, means being providedwhereby the spool, as it rotates, will cause the production of a sound,whereby the attention of the user will be attracted to the structurefrom which the thread or twine is being withdrawn.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby asupporting frame may be held pivotally connected with a displaymember.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means forsupporting the spools for rotation.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure l shows the invention in frontelevation; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinalsection of the receptacle which constitutes a portion of the displaystructure; and Fig. 4 is a fragmental end elevation of one of thespools.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a supporting structure,embracing a frame 1, of any desired form, the lower ends of the framebeing free, and being resilient. The lower ends of the frame 1 terminatein suspension eyes 3, adapted to be engaged by hooks 4, formed upon areceptacle 6, the hooks 4 preferably facing each other, as shown in Fig.3. The upper portion of the frame 1 is equipped with a suspension eye 2.

The receptacle 6 is a composite structure, and includes a tubular body5, in which the hooks 4 are mounted. The receptacle further includes apair of removable closures 7 adapted to be assembled with the open endsSpeccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 10, 1911.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

serial No. 659,652.

of the body 5. The receptacle 6 preferably,

although not necessarily, takes the form of a Y pickle.

The closures 7 may be assembled with the body portion 5 of thereceptacle 6 in a variety of ways. In the present instance, the closures7 are equipped with tubular flanges 8, adapted to be telescoped insideof the body portion 5 of the receptacle. Supporting plates 9 extendtransversely of the closures 7, the plates 9 being terminally connectedwith the flanges 8. To the inner faces of the plates 9, arched brackets10 are secured. Shafts 11 are provided, the outer ends of which aresecured to the outer ends of the closures 7, as shown at 12, the shafts11 projecting through the supporting plates 9, and through theintermediate portions of the brackets 10, the free ends of the shafts 11projecting well into the tubular body 5. The innerends of the shafts 11are equipped with bosses 14. j

Journaled for rotation upon the shafts 11, and retained upon the shaftsby the bosses 14, are spoolsv 1 5, for which the intermediate portionsof the brackets 11 constitute thrust bearings. The contents 16 of thespools 15 may be passed outwardly thro-ugh openings 17 formed in thebody 5 of the receptacle, adjacent the free ends of the shafts 11.

Secured to the inner face of the body 5, adjacent the free ends of theshafts 11, are resonant members, preferably taking the form of bells 18.To the inner ends of the spools 15, strikers are removably secured. Eachstriker, as shown in Fig. 4, preferably includes a body 19, from whichprojects a resilient arm 21, carrying a knob 22, adapted to strike oneof the bells 18, when the spool 15 is rotated.

Fitted within the frame 1, and conforming closely^ to the shape of theframe, is a plate 23, which may be held in place within the frame bymeans of clips 24, secured to the frame, and engaging opposite sides ofthe plate. The plate 23 may be fashioned from any desired material, andupon the plate, and upon the receptacle 6, may be inscribed advertisingmatter of any sort. The plate, in addition to its function as anadvertising medium, acts as a brace for the frame 1.

In practical operation, when the contents 16 of the spools 15 areunreeled, the spools of course, will be rotated, the strikers 19-21-22striking the bells 18, whereby the attention of the user of the devicewill, be drawn to the advertising matter which the device carries. Theinterlocking elements 3 and 4 which serve to connect the frame l withthe receptacle 6, afford a pivotal mounting for the receptacle 6, sothat the same may swing laterally, permitting the contents 1G of thespools l5 to be withdrawn, without fraymg the contents of the spools,through Contact with the. edges of the openings 17 in the receptacle.

In connecting the frame l with the receptacle 6, the plate 23 isdisengaged from between the clips 24, whereupon the free ends of theframe l may be sprung together, so that the hooks 4 which are carried bythe receptacle 6, may be engaged with the eyes 3 which are carried bythe lower ends of the frame l. The plate 23 is then mounted in placewithin the frame l, the plate 23 coperating with the frame, to spreadthe free ends of the frame apart, and to maintain the eyes 3 pivotallyengaged with the hooks 4, the construction being such that thereceptacle 6 cannot be disconnected from the frame l, without removingthe plate 23.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed is In a device ofthe class described, a renaled for rotation upon the shaft and adaptedto engage the bracket, the contents of the spool being passed outwardlythrough the opening in the body; a resonant member .secured to theinterior of the body; and a striker removably secured to the spoolindependently of the body and adapted to engage the resonant memberwhenthe spool is rotated; and means upon the body for sus- -pending thesame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiXedmy signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. ULMER.

Witnesses:

M. CRAIG, W. R. HEWLETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

